Piston helicopter

N278FK

2003 Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2003
Serial
3417
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Lycoming O-360-J2A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Koelbl Aviation LLC (LLC)
Based
Whitesboro, TX
2003 Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters
Representative photo of a Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters. Not a photo of N278FK.
Registration record

N278FK on the FAA register

Type
2003 Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters
Serial
3417
Engines
Lycoming O-360-J2A
Registered owner
Koelbl Aviation LLC
Whitesboro, TX
Certificate issued
2024-10-01
Airworthiness date
2014-05-15
Registration expires
2031-10-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A2C4BB
Mode S (octal)
50542273
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-10-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2024-10-01
    Certificate of registration issued as N278FK to the current registrant.
  • 2014-05-15
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2012-10-16
    N278FK previously assigned to a Robinson R44 RAVEN I Piston Helicopters / R44 Cadet / R44 RAVEN II Piston Helicopters (s/n 0018); cancelled.
  • 2003
    Manufactured (2003).
Overview

About N278FK

N278FK is a 2003 Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters, serial number 3417. The FAA register lists Koelbl Aviation LLC as the registrant in Whitesboro, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 1, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Lycoming O-360-J2A engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated May 15, 2014.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N278FK.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N278FK.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.